{"id":55003,"date":"2021-04-07T01:24:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=55003"},"modified":"2021-04-07T02:58:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:58:15","slug":"agonising-axing-on-the-way-for-firing-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=55003","title":{"rendered":"Agonising axing on the way for firing Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cronulla Sharks are approaching a difficult selection decision when all of their spine players are fully fit, with NRL legend Peter Sterling saying someone will be forced to the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Both five-eighth Matt Moylan and fullback Will Kennedy impressed in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/north-queensland-cowboys-roasted-for-woeful-performance-against-cronulla-sharks\/35a442ed-581f-4849-b528-282a635de4ed\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Cronulla&#x27;s comfortable 48-10 win over the North Queensland Cowboys\">Cronulla&#x27;s comfortable 48-10 win over the North Queensland Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet there may not be room for both of them when marquee man Shaun Johnson returns from injury.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Cronulla are getting the job done,&quot; Sterling said on Wide World of Sports&#x27; <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/videos\/nrl\/sterlos-wrap-round-4\/ckn60e95s004e0hpgb5vjemcw\" title=\"Sterlo&#x27;s Wrap\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Sterlo&#x27;s Wrap<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Matt Moylan&#x27;s played through injury the last couple of seasons, but he looks fit, and we know he&#x27;s had a strong off-season which he hasn&#x27;t enjoyed for the last couple of years.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>With Kennedy and Moylan both playing well and halfback Chad Townsend seemingly having one of those three positions locked down, it remains a mystery as to who will drop out when Johnson is available.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6246846145001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/351998\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Sterlo&#x27;s Wrap | Round 4\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckn60e95s004e0hpgb5vjemcw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kiwi international <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/shaun-johnson-achilles-tendon-royce-hunt-josh-dugan-injury-cronulla-vs-roosters\/a97215e2-5935-4e45-a5b8-834b6907b568\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"ruptured his Achilles in the back end of last season\">ruptured his Achilles in the back end of last season<\/a>, and is expected to return in a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s going to be a headache for their coach John Morris as to what to do when Shaun Johnson comes back into the ranks,&quot; Sterling said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks have been in decent form in 2021, easily winning two of their four games while their heavy loss to Parramatta <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-live-scores-2021-canberra-raiders-warriors-brisbane-broncos-canterbury-bulldogs-parramatta-eels-cronulla-sharks-start-time-results-news-round-3\/ba00c2fa-ff37-4005-a282-2578bd5f6258\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"was mainly due to losing four players to injuries before halftime\">was mainly due to losing four players to injuries before halftime<\/a>. Their other loss, to the Canberra Raiders, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores-2021-wests-tigers-sydney-roosters-cronulla-sharks-canberra-raiders-start-time-results-news-round-2\/d5cf17f8-213c-484a-8106-32c29e0af144\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"went down to the wire\">went down to the wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&quot;<\/em>Townsend will be the number seven, but with Matt Moylan, Will Kennedy, and Shaun Johnson back in the mix it is going to be trying to fit three into two,&quot; Sterling said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s a nice headache to have for John Morris, but someone is going to have to miss out &#8211; and from what I&#x27;m seeing here, Will Kennedy is making every post a winner at fullback and Matt Moylan looks as good as we&#x27;ve seen him in the last couple of years.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!  \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Cronulla Sharks are approaching a difficult selection decision when all of their spine players are fully fit, with NRL legend Peter Sterling saying someone <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=55003\" title=\"Agonising axing on the way for firing Sharks\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55003"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55005,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55003\/revisions\/55005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}